13 predictions about the trends that will shape smart cities in 2023
Smart Cities Dive asked readers to share how they think cities will evolve in 2023.
Smart cities present risks but also opportunities for inclusion
While smart cities can boost inclusion and accessibility, they also run the risk of creating a novel or cementing existing divides.
What role for large cloud providers in smart cities & utilities?
At the Smart City Expo we interviewed Cameron Brooks, GM EMEA for AWS to know more about the role of the cloud provider in smart cities & utilities.
Las Condes’ Journey to Becoming a Smart City
Daniela Peñaloza Ramos, Mayor of the City of Las Condes in Chile, speaks with Emma Lozano Doogan about her vision and experience in implementing various IoT and smart city technologies to improve the quality of life for her citizens. Join us as we learn more about Las Condes’journey to becoming a smart cities, its first project involving 45,000 connected LED streetlightings, its partnership with Paradox engineering, and the expansion of its existing IoT network to new applications.
What future for smart street parking in transforming cities?
As authorities are looking to turn their cities into less polluted, calmer places for their resident, we’ve been seeing, especially in Europe, many cities closing off their centers to traffic, turning them into pedestrian areas. So this leads to a question. How will on-street parking investment be impacted and more particularly investments related to smart street parking solutions? In this panel filmed at the Smart City Expo World Congress 2022, we explore this question with Lena Acker, Urban Mobility Solutions – Business Development at Mercedes-Benz and Rita Batalha da Sousa, Director of the Transport Authority at the City of Cascais
Catchup with Joaquim Alvarez from the City of Neom
We met Joaquim Alvarez last week at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona. Joaquim previously participated in shaping Barcelona’s Digital Strategy at the Barcelona City Council and is now Head of Digital Cognitive Master Plan at NEOM (The $500 Billion City Project in #saudiarabia ). We asked him to share his thoughts on this year’s edition.
Are Proprietary Solutions Delaying Smart Cities’ Development?
Abdulrahman Ibrahim – Chief data and innovation officer at Al-Madinah Region Development Authority discusses the impact of proprietary solutions with Louis-Frederic Robin – Chairman of the uCIFI Alliance & Head of Cities & Public Lighting at Engie. Madinah City is listed in the IMD Smart City Index 2021 and ranked 2nd smart city in Saudi Arabia following the capital city of Riyadh. The Al-Madinah Region Development Authority, designed, developed, and implemented the Raseel platform through its Smart City Program. It also owns the intellectual property. It is the first smart city platform implemented in Saudi Arabia. Powered by FIWARE, the platform adopts open standards and open data concepts.
Utility Driven Connectivity for Cities: Potentials & Limitations
In recent years, we’ve seen traditional telecom operators, LoraWan network operators, and other alternative IoT connectivity providers, such as Sigfox, build nationwide networks before connecting the first IoT device. Both Connexin and Itron have taken a different approach, beginning by deploying networks they operate (LoraWan for Connexin and Wi-Sun Mesh for Itron) in their primary markets (UK for Connexin, US and Australia for Itron) to address specific use cases on specific projects, and then working with their clients to open network access to third parties, based on a revenue-sharing model when possible. In this panel, filmed at the Smart City Expo,we delve deeper into this topic with Jon Collinson, Head of Product Marketing at Connexin, and Dan Evans, Head of Smart Cities at Itron.
What is MaaS and Who Are the Main Stakeholders?
One of the main aspects for smart cities when it comes to smart services and utilities is platforms. invited And mobility is no different. In this Panel that was filmed at the Smart City Expo World Barcelona, we invited Rita Batalha da Sousa, Director of the transport Authority the City of Cascais in Portugal and Paulo Ferreira dos Santos, CEO of Ubirider to talk about Mobility as a Service (MaaS).
What is Smart Prague about?
At the Smart City Expo World Congress, we met Petr Suska from Operátor ICT – OICT, the City of Prague Municipal Information and communications technology organisation, and asked him what is Smart Prague about?